Our WSJ Crossword Hints for October 28, 2023 puzzle will help you move through the grid if you’ve found yourself stuck on a clue. The Wall Street Journal Crossword is a well-known and respected puzzle that appeals to solvers looking for a challenging and thought-provoking experience. The puzzles are created by a team of skilled constructors and are known for their clever clues, intricate wordplay, and challenging themes. The WSJ Crossword is published daily and offers solvers the opportunity to exercise their minds while enjoying a classic form of entertainment.
WSJ Crossword Hints, October 28, 2023
You’ll find hints for all of the crossword clues for the WSJ Crossword on 10/28/23. The clues are listed below, and you can click/tap on a clue to go to its page for more detail, including definitions, but if you don’t want to be immediately spoiled, you can reveal letter by letter to still offer yourself more of a challenge before revealing the full solution.
- Singapore setting
- Sought, as a price
- Show
- Abu __
- Counting-off start
- Bob Marley’s “___ the Sheriff”
- Study with pluses and minuses
- Agent Smith’s foe
- Slights
- Hardly doddery
- Sign with a leaping pictogram
- Chips away at
- Palindromic pasture occupant
- Reach by air
- Painter’s base layer
- Tangy palate cleanser
- Humbert Humbert’s name for Dolores Haze
- Boo, coo and moo
- Sault ___
- Pick up a pickup, perhaps
- “You gotta be kidding me!”
- Flapper wrapper
- Shoe designer Jimmy
- Where to see mates, typically
- Long stretch
- F equivalent
- It may be used to communicate silently
- Like clamshells and clapboards
- Kernel
- “When Doves Cry” singer
- Suffer
- Orion feature
- "The hottest spot north of Havana"
- Own (up)
- Cryptanalysis org.
- Jazz combo, perhaps
- Show eager anticipation
- Alice Kramden or June Cleaver, e.g.
- “Ceci n’est pas ___ pipe” (words on Magritte’s “The Treachery of Images”)
- Pinwheel
- Somewhat
- Fighting fleet
- Be far from indifferent
- Words with pinch or snap
- Become responsible for
- A-Rod was its first pick in 1993
- Take place?
- Digs, so to speak
- Out-of-control protester
- Smidgen
- “Fighting” college team
- “Get your paws off me!”
- Off the hook, in slang
- Move in a clumsy, bounding manner
- Caddy supply
- Prefix meaning “straight”
- Hopi home
- Panic-inducing sight at the beach
- Slugger Sammy
- Nonbinary pronoun
- Possible bug containers?
- Guitar-playing rockers, slangily
- Mind one’s p’s and q’s
- Nation whose currency is the gourde
- Somewhat, informally
- Boater material
- Prequel show nominated for the Outstanding Drama Series Emmy seven times
- Even
- Brandish
- Votes from those in favor
- Tag sale warning
- Tree with glossy leaves
- Crones
- Country music great Williams
- Theater honor
- Savanna group
- Solemn practices
- Plays in a puddle
- Antler point
- Geeky, perhaps
- Justice Dept. worker
- Casual wear
- Had an unannounced merger?
- Run out, as an aquifer
- Long dress
- Confusing situation
- “That’s ingenious!”
- Watery eggs?
- Surname of investment brothers Arthur, Herbert and Percy
- Like some fancy NBA dribbling
- Versatile blackjack card
- Cobbling tool
- Bring on board
- Takeoff sensation
- Relax, informally
- European fashion center
- Generate interest?
- Lend a hand
- Tear
- Oscar nominee for Best Actress every year from 1938 to 1942
- Letter on El Al jets
- “Anything might happen,” and a hint to eight answers in this puzzle
- Staggering
- Under consideration
- Dict. offering
- Fox hole
- Co. designation
- Honorific in India
- Great deal
- Start for plane or cycle
- Formal permission to be away from university, in Britain
- Facilitate a felony, for instance
- Crafty
- Ocean motion
- Money held in trust
- McShane of the “John Wick” films
- Does some work on the links
- Charles and James, e.g.
- Fishy sounding city?
- Wed follower
- Parcel out
- Shopped at farmers’ markets, say
- Make an ass of yourself?
- Lhasa —
- Leaving no doubt
- Comfortable life
- Like a lass
- “I have a dream” initials
- Common soccer score
- South Dakota national park that’s said to “breathe”
- Shade
- Uncanny
- She adopts the alien Stitch as her “dog”
- Subtle summons
- He didn’t give a damn
- Frost
- “Pygmalion” playwright
- It has both a motor and a meter
- Activity for little sluggers
- “This might be bad”
The WSJ Crossword is a daily crossword puzzle that is published in The Wall Street Journal newspaper and on its website. The puzzle is known for its challenging difficulty level, clever wordplay, and witty themes.

The WSJ Crossword was first introduced in 2008, and has since become a popular source of entertainment and mental stimulation for crossword enthusiasts around the world. The puzzle is created by a team of experienced crossword constructors, who are known for their creativity and skill in the field of crossword puzzles.

One of the unique features of the WSJ Crossword is its emphasis on finance and business-related themes. The puzzle often includes clues and answers related to the world of economics, investing, and business news.
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